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Modelithics Inc., a leading RF/microwave simulation model provider, announces a new partnership with Vishay, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components.

Verizon and Intel announced that the companies are working together to accelerate the development of the next-generation wireless technology, commonly known as 5G.

The SX probe heads' high measurement resolution allows the developer to pinpoint RF sources of between 1 and 10 GHz on densely packed printed circuit boards or on IC pins. The handy compact pin shape of the EMC near-field probes from Langer EMV-Technik GmbH provides the developer with convenient working conditions on the respective PCB.

 As the passenger demand for quick and easy access to in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) increases, aircraft IFEC systems need to provide faster data transmission over longer distances. W. L. Gore & Associates and Kontron – a global manufacturer of embedded computer modules, boards and systems – are working together to successfully meet these growing demands. 

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for satellite broadband communications solutions, announced the release of the Second Generation GaN Technology based 300W/400W X-Band SapphireBlu™ SSPA/SSPB for military applications.

Pasternack, a leading manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, introduces a new line of coaxial threshold detectors designed for microwave and millimeter wave applications from 2 to 40 GHz. These threshold detectors are commonly used for analyzing radar performance, leveling pulsed signal sources, AM noise measurements, system monitoring and pulsed RF measurements in ultra-broadband applications.

IHS raised its outlook for the broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) market, which includes DSL, cable, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), residential gateways and mobile broadband CPE. In a September report, the firm noted it increased its 2019 worldwide broadband CPE forecast by 8 percent, to US $12.4 billion.

Freescale Semiconductor is driving next-generation, multi-gigabit broadband access toward mainstream adoption with the industry’s first 10 Gbps Internet plus 10 Gbps Wi-Fi enabled home gateway solution. Freescale developed its new QorIQ LS1043A residential gateway in collaboration with Quantenna Communications. Coupled with open, Linux-based security, video streaming and networking applications, the platform enables dramatic boosts in bandwidth, throughput and quality of service.

Accel-RF Instruments Corp., the worldwide leader in turn-key reliability and performance characterization test systems for compound semiconductors, has “unplugged” the industry-leading RF SMART Fixture from their automated test platform and made it available for bench-top testing. “Quantum-SMART” enables concurrent testing for reliability validation, performance-characterization, and product qualification through RF-biased burn-in and product functional testing.